Marian(ne) Simarro
@mariannesgon.bsky.social
🧠 PhD at Max Planck School of Cognition
| Cognitive & Computatonal neuroscience | language | communication (she/her 🌻 #actuallyautistic )
Currently at @andreaeyleen.bsky.social's lab at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Photos are my own 📷
| Cognitive & Computatonal neuroscience | language | communication (she/her 🌻 #actuallyautistic )
Currently at @andreaeyleen.bsky.social's lab at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Photos are my own 📷
“So then I asked ChatGPT-“
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“So then I asked ChatGPT-“
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Your neurodivergent staff works more efficiently if you allow them to do their job from home or at least make them go hybrid and don’t force them to come to the office when you need them to. Especially if you don’t offer accommodations (ie privatized commute, quiet rooms) to work in.
December 17, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Your neurodivergent staff works more efficiently if you allow them to do their job from home or at least make them go hybrid and don’t force them to come to the office when you need them to. Especially if you don’t offer accommodations (ie privatized commute, quiet rooms) to work in.
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Al final me he enredado mucho para decir algo muy sencillo: si un año después de la dana tuviéramos que seguir mandando a Valencia contenedores con comida la gente se preguntaría por qué no se está solucionando el problema, pero por algún motivo cuando se hace con los pobres nos parece normal.
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Al final me he enredado mucho para decir algo muy sencillo: si un año después de la dana tuviéramos que seguir mandando a Valencia contenedores con comida la gente se preguntaría por qué no se está solucionando el problema, pero por algún motivo cuando se hace con los pobres nos parece normal.
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Me lo creo, por eso reducir la semana laboral a 4 días aumentaría la eficiencia. La gente estaría más descansada y los días de trabajo cundirían más. Pensaba que eso era de cajón.
The average office employee who works an 8 hour day is productive for just 2 hours and 23 minutes, according to a UK study.
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Me lo creo, por eso reducir la semana laboral a 4 días aumentaría la eficiencia. La gente estaría más descansada y los días de trabajo cundirían más. Pensaba que eso era de cajón.
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮
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The dissonance of living a relatively charmed existence while two million people die thanks to bombs my country made and the cruelty of a country my country loves more than anyone else has become untenable
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The dissonance of living a relatively charmed existence while two million people die thanks to bombs my country made and the cruelty of a country my country loves more than anyone else has become untenable
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I can’t do this shit anymore dude. I have inured myself to a lot of cruelty over the years but this is the worst fucking thing I’ve ever witnessed. And it feels like so many people are cool with it to the point that they get irritated when folks post updates or fundraisers.
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I can’t do this shit anymore dude. I have inured myself to a lot of cruelty over the years but this is the worst fucking thing I’ve ever witnessed. And it feels like so many people are cool with it to the point that they get irritated when folks post updates or fundraisers.
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I'm gonna just go ahead and say that witnessing a livestreamed genocide that now involves people from various mediterranean and middle-eastern countries throwing rice & flour into the sea in plastic bottles at strategic times just so Gazans can get *something* to eat has genuinely destroyed my mind
July 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I'm gonna just go ahead and say that witnessing a livestreamed genocide that now involves people from various mediterranean and middle-eastern countries throwing rice & flour into the sea in plastic bottles at strategic times just so Gazans can get *something* to eat has genuinely destroyed my mind
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Sinceramente no sé entiende que no estemos quemando todo.
Los españoles necesitan 52 años de sueldo para comprar una casa y el 100% de su salario mensual para alquilar
Los españoles necesitan 52 años de sueldo para comprar una casa y el 100% de su salario mensual para alquilar
UGT pide vincular los precios de la vivienda a la negociación de los salarios
dozz.es
July 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sinceramente no sé entiende que no estemos quemando todo.
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The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
EPA eliminates research and development office, begins layoffs
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees.
apnews.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The EPA has eliminated its research division, which for decades has provided the science behind regulations on clean air, clean water, and toxic chemicals.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
The US can afford to monitor, research, and regulate the impacts of industries on human and environmental health. We are just choosing not to.
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Ten years after the Paris Agreement, nations are still falling short of their commitments to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change.
More than that, they haven’t shown enough follow-through on the goals they set. Instead, it’s been cities and local governments that have taken the lead.
More than that, they haven’t shown enough follow-through on the goals they set. Instead, it’s been cities and local governments that have taken the lead.
As the nations lag on climate action, cities across the world step up
A new report documents how local communities are becoming more livable and sustainable.
www.motherjones.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, nations are still falling short of their commitments to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change.
More than that, they haven’t shown enough follow-through on the goals they set. Instead, it’s been cities and local governments that have taken the lead.
More than that, they haven’t shown enough follow-through on the goals they set. Instead, it’s been cities and local governments that have taken the lead.
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We're looking for a PhD candidate for a project investigating neural synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu ! 🎓
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We're looking for a PhD candidate for a project investigating neural synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu ! 🎓
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
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Yet we're forced back into noisy environments at work despite it being possible to do things remotely. So glad this paper is out though - something to cite when people arrange in-person meetings
Today in Hell Yes, Research! Autistic quality of life improved by access to accommodations like earplugs & headphones to manage sounds.
"Our study demonstrates that many aspects of auditory environments—beyond noise alone―can negatively impact Autistic people’s QoL."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Our study demonstrates that many aspects of auditory environments—beyond noise alone―can negatively impact Autistic people’s QoL."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Auditory environments influence the link between Autistic traits and quality of life - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Auditory environments influence the link between Autistic traits and quality of life
www.nature.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yet we're forced back into noisy environments at work despite it being possible to do things remotely. So glad this paper is out though - something to cite when people arrange in-person meetings
While I agree the DSM-V doesn't fully capture autism, we don't need this framing of subgroups based on “symptom severity” & “behavioral problems.” Subgrouping this way might help researchers categorize data, but it doesn’t help autistic people get support that respects our needs or agency. 🧵
4 new autism subgroups? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... high autistic symptom severity & lowest behavioral problems; high autistic symptom severity & high behavioral problems; low autistic symptom severity & highest behavioral problems; low autistic symptom severity & low behavioral problems?
Profiling clinical heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorder at time of children’s diagnosis: A cluster analysis from the ELENA cohort
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) encompass a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental conditions characterized by deficits in social communication and …
www.sciencedirect.com
May 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
While I agree the DSM-V doesn't fully capture autism, we don't need this framing of subgroups based on “symptom severity” & “behavioral problems.” Subgrouping this way might help researchers categorize data, but it doesn’t help autistic people get support that respects our needs or agency. 🧵
How long will this last? You cannot even rent a room now with the average salary in Spain
May 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How long will this last? You cannot even rent a room now with the average salary in Spain
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This is a beautifully coded analogy for the issue with “person with Autism” vs “Autistic person”
An Autistic person isn’t a person with a discreet chunk of “Autism” that can be amputated from us … leaving an intact non-Autistic person.
We are fundamentally *Autistic* through and through
An Autistic person isn’t a person with a discreet chunk of “Autism” that can be amputated from us … leaving an intact non-Autistic person.
We are fundamentally *Autistic* through and through
“It’s wrong to think of a construct as half bot half human. It makes us sound like the halves are discreet. … as opposed to the reality that I was one whole confused entity”
- Murderbot Diaries
- Murderbot Diaries
May 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is a beautifully coded analogy for the issue with “person with Autism” vs “Autistic person”
An Autistic person isn’t a person with a discreet chunk of “Autism” that can be amputated from us … leaving an intact non-Autistic person.
We are fundamentally *Autistic* through and through
An Autistic person isn’t a person with a discreet chunk of “Autism” that can be amputated from us … leaving an intact non-Autistic person.
We are fundamentally *Autistic* through and through
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Autistic and neurotypical adults use different neural mechanisms to integrate AV speech, but benefit equally in word recognition 🧠
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Autistic and neurotypical adults use different neural mechanisms to integrate AV speech, but benefit equally in word recognition 🧠
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
📜New paper in Autism Research (OA):📜
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... w/
@mrgbcn.bsky.social, @sotarokita.bsky.social, & @mireiatorralba.bsky.social 🙏
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I'm autistic, which means I have to teach myself things that are intuitive to most people, and I intuitively understand some things that most folks have to be taught. And whenever anything changes noticeably I have to adjust everything or start over.
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm autistic, which means I have to teach myself things that are intuitive to most people, and I intuitively understand some things that most folks have to be taught. And whenever anything changes noticeably I have to adjust everything or start over.
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Congrats to @kmunday.bsky.social and all of us in autism community who helped to #StopSpectrum10K. Today the S10K team announced study's cancellation. See the report from Hopkins Van Mil and Karen Leneh Buckle, and a reflective blog by Simon Baron-Cohen: www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...
January 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Congrats to @kmunday.bsky.social and all of us in autism community who helped to #StopSpectrum10K. Today the S10K team announced study's cancellation. See the report from Hopkins Van Mil and Karen Leneh Buckle, and a reflective blog by Simon Baron-Cohen: www.autismresearchcentre.com/projects/spe...
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We invite applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds for this unpaid internship in the most expensive city in the world
January 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We invite applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds for this unpaid internship in the most expensive city in the world
Everyone loves to talk about diversity and inclusivity in academia until a neurodivergent person asks for accommodations.
December 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Everyone loves to talk about diversity and inclusivity in academia until a neurodivergent person asks for accommodations.
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Today in Hell Yes, Research! Despite decades of use on non-speaking autistics, research shows that ABA therapy has never been even SLIGHTLY useful to them.
A damning article by Gary Shkedy, Dalia Shkedy & Aileen H. Sandoval-Norton.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism
A damning article by Gary Shkedy, Dalia Shkedy & Aileen H. Sandoval-Norton.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism
November 26, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Today in Hell Yes, Research! Despite decades of use on non-speaking autistics, research shows that ABA therapy has never been even SLIGHTLY useful to them.
A damning article by Gary Shkedy, Dalia Shkedy & Aileen H. Sandoval-Norton.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism
A damning article by Gary Shkedy, Dalia Shkedy & Aileen H. Sandoval-Norton.
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #BetterWaysThanABA #autism